LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the unfolding video game war, underdog Nintendo has lined up powerful allies -- game makers, who like the new Wii's unconventional features and game development costs that run about half what's required for Microsoft and Sony's new consoles.
With two potential hits ready for launch and nearly three dozen titles expected by year end, Nintendo is scheduled to ship units and games faster than its bigger rivals, who significantly increased the power and graphics capabilities of their machines.
In their attempts to future-proof their machines with gee-whiz technology, Microsoft and Sony are forsaking the immediate profits Nintendo will reap with the Wii, which debuts November 19.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
It SHOULD have retailed for the rumored $179; at $250, it's WAAAAY too expensive, for a repackaged GC and a new controller.
If Nintendo had released a $50 lightbar + wand pack for hte Gamecube, and paired that with a $50 network card + hard drive dock, THAT would be getting a next-gen console for cheap.
As it stands, Wii barely costs any less than a Core 360, while delivering clearly inferior graphics. AND it doesn't play DVDs. AND you have to mount the light bar on your TV.
That's not a deal at all.
And many, many, many people have said it. Game devs and companies alike. It's a much better running console than gc could ever be. The rumored price was 250 everything else was just hot air. To make games for it is a hell of alot cheaper than the other consoles so we'll be seeing more games for it and more unique ideas for it becuase developers can expirement without having to spend 20mil on it.
Wii is a great runner for this gen of console and will do well with the support it's getting from all areas. Well sept for hardcore 360 and ps3 fans
For $279 CDN and the ability to play previous GC games (many great ones are now in the bargain bin) this is the must have console for any family. In fact, I bought a new Toshiba 26" widescreen (CRT) with HDMI and 480P for $399 last weekend just for movies and games. What a pefect match of console and television.
The Wii will be the hardware winner this Xmas. Many people on this site have said that if Mom and Dad are out picking the family Xmas console they see the $279, $499 and $679 CDN price tags and will naturally fall onto the Wii. If Nintendo had 10 million of these this winter they would sell them all.
The Wii is the definite dark horse this generation.
I'll never forget 199.99 for a console that was that advanced. 9/9/99 Baby!